Web-2, 1st Universalist Church-Store, 109 W. Main St.

Documentation

Building date: 1844

Original use: Church, Store

Corner structures: Brown sandstone

Mortar application and content: Vertical, heavy

Types and uses of stones: Glacial stones

Types and choice of windows:

Structures with similar masonry details:

Masons who worked on building: John Farr - Mason Contractor

Unique features:

Map Location

Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°12'42.87"N 77°26'04.53"W. Current owner of record, Prestige Services LLC as of the 2018 Tax Roll.

Town of Webster and Monroe County Maps

Comments, Additional Information, References

"The First Universalist Church of Webster, History of Monroe County", page 213, W. H. Mc Intosh, Everts, Ensign & Everts, Philadelphia 1877.

"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease. Research done in collaboration with Hazed B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt, 1941. Reference the fourth paragraph on page 31.

History of Use:
1845 - First Universalist Society
1925 - Johnson Brothers Garage
1962 - Automotice Supply Store

c. July 1963 - Raymond Johnson purchased the Cobblestone Church in 1923. He added a 40' x 60' concrete block addition to the rear in 1948. Asking price is $24,000.

Permanent File of Cobblestone Structures.

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The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:

First Universalist Church 4th Annual 06/06/1964

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"Cobblestone Architecture", 1944, Carl Schmidt


Page 24, Page 57

Comparison of Cobblestones and Quions, Universalist Church, Webster, Page 75

Types of Cobblestone Masonry, Page 83

"Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, First Universalist Church

Page 72, Types of Cobblestone Masonry Page 235, Comparison of Cobblestones and Quoins Page 261

Photographs

Johnson Bros. Garage, early photograph on the Webster Museum website, Webster History Overview page.

Universalist Church, Webster.jpg ¹ Universalist Church.	Web-2 1st Universalist Church-Store 1.jpg ¹ Allis Chalmers Tractors on display, late 1930s-early 1940s models.	Web-2 1st Universalist Church-Store 2.jpg ¹ 1937 Pease Collection 1940-41	GP Monroe Webster Web-2_1 N.jpg ² 4/7/1957
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¹ Image courtesy Webster Town & Village Historian.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
⁴ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
⁵ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
⁶ Photography courtesy Sharon Pratt Webster Museum and Historical Society
⁷ Photography courtesy Gene Bavis